Oliver Palamides

Russia Rights Song

Groups have come to protest the violations of their rights
Theyre called the Equality Network, and are willing to do what they have to in order
to fight
Freedom of speech for the people is often never met
Authorities continue arresting those activists, sparking more flames in the rioting,
you can bet.
Hundreds of citizens protested for the freedom of those arrested from Bolotnaya
Square in 2013
Holding up signs of the people imprisoned, they work together and act as a
machine.
They will get what they want and know what they deserve, and for this, I believe the
people of Russia have lot of nerve.
Nonetheless, Russia has a weak multi-party political system
Dominated by President Vladimir Putin, who holds all others at a far enough
distance.
The human rights problems are in many different categories
Another being restrictions on Internet freedoms, where the government is in all its
glory.
Putin claims its only to protect children from bad content, but people tend to
disagree with this concept.
Also lets not forget about Russia's relationship with the European Union
Which may be strained when they stated violations to the human rights, they didnt
just happen to assume them.
No, it isnt a secret on the eve of Putin's inauguration that people were arrested,
For demonstrating their thoughts and are awaiting trial,
The odds could easily be stacked against them.
The winter Olympics also came as a drag
To many residents whose homes were knocked down, their lives began to lag.

They wanted to stand up for their human rights,

Who was the government to take over their land?

It was a heart wrenching sight.

In the small town of Sochi is where the most expensive games in history will take
place,
This leaves more than 2,000 families to be resettled,
Where will there be enough space?
The people are very worried about this issue of being forced to leave everything
theyve ever known
This isnt right, the peoples lives and hard work are in this soil, everything theyve
grown.
Even back in Gorbachev's time Russia had a large multicultural society,
He could not let adjustments occur,
For 120 changes were wanted by ethnic groups in all varieties.
Independence desires affected many aspects of life,
Language, culture, the environment, and economy having the same pattern
Russia is a high censored country, but as an outsider looking in,
We can see human rights are violated clearly, and its wearing the people thin.
Ethnic diversity exists largely in the country,
Friction is caused and riots are there,
The people hope to someday have a real democracy,
To get what is meant and get what is fair